On Tuesday police entered a tent city on the grounds of a church in Panama City and told dozens of people made homeless by Hurricane Michael that they had to find somewhere else to live. But Tammy Nichols, who lived for weeks at the tent city after the hurricane, says security, drinking and violence turned… Read more »
Floridians are still living in tents 7 weeks after Hurricane Michael
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Floridians can get post-Irma food assistance
People who need help paying for food after Hurricane Irma can get federal assistance beginning Sunday in Pasco County; Natalie Harrell, the regional communications director for the Florida Department of Children and Families, says plans are in place to make sure residents can get the help they need despite the chaos and crowds seen at… Read more »
Scientists Study Ways to Reduce Power of Hurricanes
Radioactivity Friday 10 20 17 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up— Can scientists develop a method to reduce the destructive power of hurricanes? After the hurricanes causing the deaths of hundreds and devastating property in Texas, Puerto Rico, The Virgin Islands, St. Maartens and Florida– We’ll talk with an award winning… Read more »
Tampa group brings aid to Puerto Rico; raided by police
The distribution of aid by large nonprofits and governments seems to be failing, but a tiny Tampa-based recovery collective successfully distributed aid to people in need; Dezeray Lyn, with Tampa’s Mutual Aid Disaster Relief, just returned this week from delivering medical and food aid to Puerto Rico. But while there, she and her colleagues were raided by… Read more »
Students from Puerto Rico enrolling in Tampa Bay schools
Since Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico dozens of students have moved to Florida from the American commonwealth and enrolled in public schools here; Pinellas County Schools says as of Tuesday, it had “27 students who registered with our district and voluntarily identified themselves as coming from Puerto Rico.” Sarasota County Public Schools has enrolled 11 students… Read more »
Puerto Rico resident: “It looks like a bomb went off”
The situation in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria remains grim; Monica Casablanca lives part time in the San Juan neighborhood of Ocean Park and the rest of the time in New York. After Hurricane Maria pounded the island she took food and supplies to Puerto Rico and returned to New York Tuesday. Listen: “It looks like… Read more »
Florida Legislators want governor to help Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
Some Florida Legislators are pressing Governor Rick Scott to prepare for an influx of refugees from Puerto Rico settling in Florida after Hurricane Maria; Miami Democratic State Representative Robert Asencio says the situation on the island is grim. He and five colleagues sent Scott a letter saying the governor should prepare temporary and permanent housing, public… Read more »
Puerto Rico: what we need after Hurricane Maria
By Rob Villacres. Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. The impact and destruction have never been seen on this scale before, not in Puerto Rico, nor in any of the states. Katrina seriously impacted New Orleans and surrounding cities. This is affecting the entire island of Puerto Rico – more than 3 million habitants. Ocean Park in… Read more »
Assistance available to Floridians who lost jobs due to Hurricane Irma
Floridians who lost their jobs because of Hurricane Irma may be eligible for help from the government. WMNF News interviewed Alice Cobb, director of programs at Career Source Pinellas and Career Source Tampa Bay, which are offering Irma recovery assistance for workers in the area. “We have various types of assistance. For example, we are… Read more »
Are you eligible for Irma disaster funds from FEMA?
More than a week after Hurricane Irma struck Florida, people are still cleaning up and trying to get a cleaning service near by for extra help. And many may be eligible for government assistance. To find out who is qualified and how people can apply for help, WMNF News spoke with Keith St. Clair, a… Read more »
Women’s Show 9/14 Recap– After Hurricane Irma: Nuclear Power Plants and Hurricanes & Climate Change
How are you doing? We dodged a bullet, although I know that many of us are still without power and in the morass of cleanup – yard and refrigerator, all the areas that depend on electricity…… It could have been a Cat IV or V. Thank goodness for that mini-cold front that helped dissipate Irma’s… Read more »
How you can help Coalition of Immokalee Workers after Hurricane Irma
In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, we hear how the migrant farming community of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers has been affected; and we hear from Tampa Bay residents upset at their power companies. We took phone calls; our guests was Roger Butterfield of the Student Farmworker Alliance. From the website of the CIW, Coalition of… Read more »
Some Tampa Bay rivers still under Flood Warning after Irma
The National Weather Service has extended Flood Warnings for several area rivers after Hurricane Irma, including the Anclote River at Elfers, the Little Manatee River at Wimauma, the Hillsborough River near Hillsborough River State Park, the Hillsborough River at Morris bridge and for the Horse Creek near Arcadia. On Thursday WMNF News interviewed Robin Caton, a… Read more »
Tampa Bay post-Irma: updates on power and assisted-living facilities
The Florida Department of Transportation announced Thursday that I-75 will remain open, as Hurricane Irma flood waters have been receding on the Santa Fe River. As of Thursday morning, FDOT says their engineers and state meteorologists do not think that the river will reach a level to make the interstate unsafe. Hernando County Emergency Management… Read more »
